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ESSEX COUNTY HERALD
FARMER'S WIFE
'TOO ILLTO WORK
A Weak, Nervous Suffered
Restored to Health by Ly
dia E. Pinkham's Veg
- etable Compound.
Kasota, Minn. "I am glad to say
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has dons
more for me than
anything else, and I
had the best physi
cian here. I was so
weak and nervous
that I could not do
my work and suf
fered with pains low
down in my right
side for a year or
I more. I took Lydia
' E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound, and now I feel like a
different person. I believe there is
nothing like Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vege
table Compound for weak women and
; young girls, and I would be glad if I
could influence anyone to try the medi
cine, for I know it will do all and much
more than it is claimed to do." Mrs.
Clara Franks, R. F. D. No. 1, Maple
crest Farm, Kasota, Minn.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
be convinced of the ability of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound tore
store their health by the many genuine
and truthful testimonials we are con
etantly publishing in the newspapers.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs, and today holds the record of
being the most successful remedy we
know for woman's ills. If you need
such a medicine why don't you try itf
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief Permanent Cure:
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS never
fail. Purely vegeta
ble act surely
out gently
the liver.
Stop after
dinner dis
tresscure indigestion,'
improve the complexion, brighten the eyes.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
True Christian Spirit.
Notwithstanding all that I have sut
fered, notwithstanding all the pain and
weariness and anxiety and sorrow thai
necessarily enter into li'fe, and the In.
.ward errings that are more than all,
'I would enter my record with devout
thanksgiving to the great Author ot
my being, profound gratitude for all
that belongs to my life and being
for joy and sorrow, health and sick
ness, success and disappointment, vir.
tue and temptation, for life and death
because I believe that all is meant
for good. Orville Dewey.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle ot
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Rpnra ihn
Signature of QiazM&l
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castori
Unreasonable.
"Your board bill is two months In
arrears, Mr. Hallroom. Can you give
me something on account?"
"Good heavens, woman! Do you
suppose I'd stay here if I bad money
enough to pay for my board?"
Doubtful Assurances.
"Do you think they approved of my
Easter sermon?" asked one of our
well-known ministers.
"Yes, I think so," replied his wife;
"they were all nodding."
Matrimony may cure love's blind
cess.
A man who is pound foolish may not
be penny wise.
Backache Is a Warning
Thousands suffer kidney Ills unawares
Dot knowing that the backache, headaches
and dull, nervous, dizzy, all tired condi
tion are often due to kidney weakness
alone. Anybody who suffers constantly
from backache should supped thekldueys.
Some irregularity of the secretions may
give Just the Deeded proof. Doan'i Kid
ney Pills have been curing backache and
sick kidneys for over fifty years.
A New Hampshire Case
Mrs. A. J. 6eft- tnn Picture ,
vey, Bristol, N. II., ulltsstorj "
says: "My back
fot very lame and
suffered from
pains in my loins.
I was hardly abla
to fret around and
after sitting I had
to catch hold of
something; when I
irled to get up,
Sharp, shootli
palne d a r t e
through me and
w a a miserable.
Doan'B Kidney
Pills permanently
cured me."
Cat Dom'i at Aay Star. SO Boa
DOAN'SWAV
FOSTEHMILBURN CO- BUFFALO. N. Y.
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: 45
flAPE PATCH GOOD FOR SUMMER PIG FEED
k . " - , . '
A Profitable
fBy JAMES G. FULLER, Wisconsin Ex
periment Station.)
Sow a patch of rape. It will furnish
the growing pigs with a wealth of pal
atable green feed, and if given a
chance to "come back," will produce
crop after crop of excellent succu
lence. The most satisfactory . method of
growing this crop for swine is to pro
vide three yards of about equal size
and seed them three weeks apart with
one and one-fourth bushels of oats and
five pounds of rape to the acre. The
first lot, of course, is generally sown
MAKING MONEY IN
PORK PRODUCTION
Quality Is More Important Than
Size in Breeders Avoid
Elephantine Animal.
It is mighty hard work to correct
your lack of ability as a feeder by
buying a coarse-boned breeding boar.
The best type of swine have been
evolved from the experience of breed
ers and packers.
Quality is more important than size
In selecting the breeding stock.
We are at the beginning of a pe
riod of enlightenment concerning the
possibilities of hog farming.
Heavy feeding does not always pro
duce proportionate gains.
At five months of age, the pig's most
valuable asset is about one hundred
and twenty pounds of bone and muscu
lar development, aided and supported
by a keen and natural appetite.
Avoid the elephantine hog or steer
they are freaks that cannot be re
lied upon to give a carcass of great
value or weight.
The liberty of pasture affords the
growing pigs the exercise necessary
to produce perfect health and body
development.
Get a farm, young man, and raise
good hogs.
It is a mistake to think we can
find profit in buying milk feeds to
supplement our corn crop, and neg
lect to provide pasture and forage
crops.
Coarseness indicates low vitality,
sluggishness and slow-feeding ' quali
ties. The Ideals of the breeder and pack
er are coming more and more toward
one. common standard. The demands
of the packers are the reason for
show-yard excellence.
When farmers recognize the possi
bility of exclusive pork production as
a specialized branch of animal indus
try, and evolve systems of farm man
agement adapted to the business, it
will become attractive as a business
proposition, and herds of well-bred
hogs will become common in many lo
calities where few good hogs are now
seen.
RIGHT TREATMENT
FOR FENCE POSTS
Pile Neatly and Allow Them to
Thoroughly Season Plan
for Charring.
When most farmers prepare to build
fences they set green posts and then
when tkey begin to rot off at the top
of the ground after four or five years
they grumble and fret a great deal
about the trials and tribulations of
fencing. As a matter of fact, if the
posts are neatly piled in the dry and
allowed to thoroughly season, and then
are treated by charring the end which
is to be placed In the ground, and the
top, which should be slanting, is
painted with red lead and linseed oil.
they will last DO or 60 years.
Here is the method for charring.
Build a heap of logs 10 or 12 feet long,
set It on fire, and when burning brisk
ly, lay upon the fire the ends of as
many posts as It will accommodate
crosswise. Turn them over a tlmo or
two, and when slight coal has formed
upon the surface, throw them Into a
pfle and put on others. You can treat
four or five hundred a day and if
practiced by every farmer when build
lng fence it would save enough in a
few years to build good roads in every
community.
Bunch of Hogs.
as soon in the spring as the ground is
dry enough to work.
The pigs can be turned on to the
first lot as soon as the rape is from
14 to 18 inches in height, and as soon
as they have eaten it down to four or
five leaves to the stock, the pigs are
transferred to the next patch and so
rotated from one lot to the other
throughout the summer.
If well supplied with satisfactory
forage during the summer months,
pigs can be finished for market and
fattened off quickly as soon as the
crop matures.
MANY LITTLE JOBS
FOR BUSY FARMERS
Lambing Ewes Should Have
Proper Shelter Clean Up
the Henhouse.
Sorry you did not fix up a houBe for
the lambing ewes? May lose enough
lambs to pay for a new one.
The spring pigs are coming along
now. Thousands die every year from
too much cold wind.
Get into the grape vines with a knife
and pruning shears, if you know how
to prune. Otherwise keep out.
Now is the time when the lice get
busy in the chicken house. At 'em
with the kerosene can and the white
wash brush.
What a pity to let the baby chicks
perish in the cold wind for lack of
shelter.
The spring crop of calves is coming
now. Dehorn them by using a bit of
caustic instead of sawing them off a
year later.
Do not give the sow's nest too much
litter at farrowing time. Many pigs'
are destroyed by a too full nest.
No nest ever made for a hen beats a
half barrel laid on its side, particularly
for March weather.
The bees will be taking a spring
flight. Examine them after they como
back to ascertain if fhey have enough
food to last till the blossoms come.
A strong spring wind will dry all the
moisture out of the tree roots if left
exposed long while planting.
The climbing cutworm is working
away on the newly set trees and vines
these nights. Keeps out of sight In
daytime. Keep him away by a strip
of stiff paper put around the plant and
pushed an inch into the soil.
Make a fair written contract with
the hired man. Saves misunderstand
ings. An hour in the Workshop repairing
now will save time later when It is
more valuable.
The heavy rains and strong winds
will push over the fence posts.
Straighten them up.
Potatoes will sprout now If given
light and air.
BUCKWHEAT IS BEST
GRAIN FOR POULTRY
Chickens and Turkeys Allowed to
Harvest , Crop Trampling
Down Does No Damage.
(By A. J. LEGG.)
Buckwheat is the best grain crop
that we have ever tried to furnish a
foraging ground for poultry.
I sow late in July and allow the
chickens and turkeys to harvest it.
They are all the better for the exer
cise and the only cost is for the seed
and work of preparing the soil and
sowing it. '
Late in last July I sowed about one
acre where the chickens and turkeys
could have free access. They began
to work on it as soon as the grains
were filled and were at work on it for
nearly two months.
If it is trampled down on the ground
the grains will not damage unless it is
warm enough to sprout them. Buck
wheat will lie on the ground all win
ter and grow in the spring.
A buckwheat stubble makes an ex
cellent feeding ground for poultry dur
ing pleasant days throughout the fall
and winter season and the poultry en
Joy the exercise.
Our hens, pullets and September
hatched chicks are all In fine condi
tion, largely due to the buckwheat
to which they hare free access.
DESIGNED TO PROTECT TRAIN CREWS
All-Steel Caboose to Provide Greater
FIRST STEEL CABOOSE
EASTERN RAILROAD IS A PIO
NEER IN GOOD WORK.
Designed to Provide Greatest Possible
Safety for Freight Train Crews
Equipment as Perfect as Could
Ba Devised.
In order to provide greater safety
for freight train crews as well as to
prevent property loss in wrecks and
comply with various state laws regu
lating the comfort of railway em
ployees, an eastern railroad has built
and placed in service the first all-steei .
caboose ever constructed, according to
Popular Mechanics. The designing of
this car offered several interesting
problems, as it had to be built as
Btrongly as the heaviest freight-cars,
while providing accommodations ap
proximating passenger grade. The
caboose is 31 feet long, and above the
floor has . been constructed without
posts, the necessary rigidity being
achieved by means of sheet-steel bulk
heads. The equipment includes three
pairs of bunks, the lower ones serv
ing as seats, for which the upper
bunks, when lowered, serve as backs.
A stove for heating and cooking, wa
ter cooler, washstand, refrigerator,
desk, and lockers and drawers for the
crew's personal belongings, are also
provided.
PHONES ON RAILWAY TRAINS
Advantages That Are Soon to. Be De
rived by the Man in a Pull
man Car.
"It will be only a short time until
the passenger on a Pullman car can
telephone to the dining car ahead and
order his meal, and not have to wait
in the 'bread line,' as is now the case,"
remarked H. A. Chappelle, a railroad
man of Chicago, at the Raleigh, ac
cording to the Washington Post. "The
experimental engineer of one of the
large western railroads has developed
an apparatus whereby a complete sys
tem of communication will soon be in
stalled on overland trains. With this
system it will be possible to talk
to a moving train one hundred miles
away from a jtation, it is said. The
train can talk back to a station, or the
passengers can talk from car to car.
"It is claimed that by Investigation
and experimentation, the mistakes that
might be made in trying to put an or
dinary ship wireless apparatus on a
train have been avoided. Storage bat
teries will not have to be depended
upon, because the electricity used on
trains is supplied by a generator in
the baggage car.
"One big advantage will be that an
operator will be able to reach a whole
right-of-way at any time, whether the
wires are down or not, and it will be
possible to talk to a passenger train
at any time, whether the train is in
motion or at a standstill. It is said
that the cost of equipping a train will
be only nominal."
Hint for Starting Motor.
When starting an engine a better
mixture may be obtained by not open
ing the throttle too wide. Two or
three turns with the spark off and
a single turn with tha spark on will
give the best start. Spinning the mo
tor should never be done with ttoe
spark on. The object of .."spinning"
is to fill the combustion chambers
with an explosive mixture, and this
can be done with safety only when
the spark is off. After the chambers
are filled a single pull upward will
secure all the results of the spinning,
and eliminate danger from back-kicking.
Record for Locomotive.
The fastest time on record for a dis
tance of ver 440 miles was made
by the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern railroad, from Buffalo to Chi
cago, in June, 1906. The fastest long
distance run less than 440 miles was
on the New York Central railroad,
September 11, 1895, from New York to
Buffalo, 436 miles, in 407 minutes
actual time. Averaga speed. 64 1-2
miles an hour, with two stops and 28
slowups, and on January 1, 1903, from
Albany to Buffalo, 302 miles, in 295
minutes. 1
Effective Economy.
The saving of small things has been
followed by a material reduction in
orders for new equipment. Last year,
on a prominent line, the retrenchment
in orders for small supplies decreased
nearly 10 per cent. Perhaps the per
sonal responsibility of the employees
also reduced the number of break
downs and ordinary mishaps in shops
and yards, which would amount to as
much as the actual saving of small
things. Sunday Magazine.
Safety and Comfort for Train Crews.
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DESIGNS A NEW LOCOMOTIVE
Latest Type of Freight Puller Proves
Both Powerful and Eco
nomical. . To build an engine with pulling ca
pacity and yet without a too healthy
appetite for coal is the problem of
the locomotive designer of today, ob
serves the Travel Magazine. The Bur
lington system is just now boasting
some freight pullers that seem to have
come near solving this problem. They
are tremendous engines in the first
place, each weighing with its tender
and ready for service nearly. 300 tons
576,580 pounds, to be exact. The
length over all for each of these en
gines is 83 feet 9 inches, which
brings it within the limitations ot
most of the big ninety foot turn tables
along the system.
While these engines are not of the
extreme size' of some of the giant
pushers along the Erie & Santa Fe,
they have begun to make service rec
ords out along the Burlington. One
of them has already drawn a train ol
81 cars over a division 136 miles long
and possessing maximum and steady
grades of three-tenths of 1 per cent.
This performance was accomplished
while the locomotive consumed 6.64
pounds of coal to the 100 ton mile at
85 cents a ton, equal to nearly thirty
cents' worth of coal for 10,000 ton
mile. Put the other way around and
reduced to acTaal figures, this lusty
little boy on the Burlington hauled
10,000 gross tons of freight one mile
for 29.70 cents. No wohder that the
"stove committees" out in the round
houses along the Burlington's busy
line those shrewd old fellows who on
every road know more about its run
ning than all of the executive heads
put together forget to brag about the
engines of yesterday and begin to
grant an ungrudging praise to this
newcomer among the motive powei
units. '
Crews Called by Movie Screens.
Through an arrangement between
the railroad authorities and the mo
tion picture theaters at Sayre, Pa.,
freight crews are regularly called for
their runs by brief notices flashed on
the screens at the theaters. When a
given crew is wanted, this fact is sim
ply telephoned to all the theaters, and
the notice is flashed on the screen in
some such form as "James Brown
Thomas Jones, William Black, and
John White boarded for 10 p. m.'
This means that the men are ached
uled to take out a freight train at
the time given, but other details, of
course, must be fouid out by the men
from the regular train board at the
railroad offices. The plan was origi
nated with the idea of permitting the
men off duty to seek recreation about
the town without running the risk of
being missed by the call boy when
wanted. Popular Mechanics.
Change Gears According to Speed.
Though speedometers are used to as
certain the speed at which the car is
beingrlven, there is another use, 1, e.,
to determine the exact moment when
it Is time to change gears. Of course,
the time when gears chould be shifted
will vary slightly, according to the
conditions under which the gear is be
ing driven. It may be taken that
when the speedometer hand points to
ten miles an hour a change to second
speed should be made. Thus the en
glne and the car will be saved the
unnecessary racking when the engine
commences to labor.
Russia Building Railroad Lines.
Railroad surveys are being pushed
ahead In Russia notwithstanding the
war. The cabinet has recently al
located a credit of $1,600,000 to the
preliminary works for the construe
tion of a railway from Kem to Kola,
on the Arctic ocean. It has also au
thorized a credit for the preliminary
works in connection with the build
ing of lines from the region north
of the Archangel-Vologna railway
to a point which will be selected as
a port in the government of Arch
angel.
Held Not Negligence.
Where a railroad engineer ap
proaching a private stock crossing
gave stock signals, and could not rea
sonably expect that a cow would re
main on the track until the train was
too close to be stopped, the killing of
it was not negligence. Cornett vs.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail
road Company, Missouri, 171 S. W. 15
50 Engines for Burlington.
An order of 50 locomotives for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad
haa been received by the Baldwin LO'
comotlve works at Philadelphia. If
calls for the expenditure of more
than 11,000,000 and the work will be
evenly divided between the shops
there and the branch at Eddyston,
Why send
your money
away, for
'AS "bareain
roofing" when you can
get the best roofing; at a rea.
sonable price of your own local
dealer. whom you know?
Buy materials that last
Certmnteed
Roofing
Is guaranteed In writing 5 years for
1-ply, 10 years for 2-ply, an-d 15 years
for 3-ply, and the responsibility of
our big mills stand9 behind this guar
antee. Its quality is the highest and
its price the most reasonable.
Genera! Roofing Manufacturing Co.
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WAS NOT A FLORAL TRIBUTE
Mistake Made by Actress a Natural
One, Though Certainly Some
what Embarrassing.
The curtain was rung up for the
third time, and Margaret Blake
stepped forward and responded to the
prolonged acclamation of her admiring
audience. She spoke with a graceful
modesty that charmed, then gathered
her floral tributes. Was it the intense
excitement or the blinding array of
footlights that dazzled and confused
her?
Quietly reposing on a lower box
rail by the proscenium she saw a mag
nificent bunch of violets her favorite
flower ostensibly placed there for her
by a sweet-faced, dark-haired lady be
hind them.
With applause still ringing in her
ears, Miss Blake leaned forward and
took the lovely bouquet, acknowledg
ing the gift by a pretty bow.
The sweet-faced, dark-haired lady
reached after her with a strange and
sudden haste.
"Give1 me back my hat," she cried,
hysterically.
Decorated With One When He Left.
"TJh-well, yo' honah," explained
Brother Stimmerjohn, "de gen'leman
come to muh house and 'gunter norate
loud and coa's 'bout fou' dollahs, and
"Oh, he had a bill, did he?"
"Nussah! He never had no bill
when he come dar he des had a com
mon ev'yday nose. But uh-yaw! haw!
haw! haw! yo ortuh seed it when he
left; sassah, yo' dess ortuh seed it!"
Kansas City Star.
Thla Will Interest Mothers.
Mother Gray's Sweet Po-wders for Children
for Feverlshuess, Headache, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate tha
Bowels and destroy worms. They break cp
Colds In 24 hours. They are so pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers for 19
years. All Druggists, 25c. Sample FBia. Ad
Areas, A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Of course marriage is a failure if
the liabilities exceed the assets.
The man who has to go after his
revolver seldom shoots anybody.
For the Toflct
To keep the
hands white,
the head free
from dandruff
and the com
plexion clear.
Glenn's
Sulphur
Soap
it
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